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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
Hints and Remedies.

Hints and Remedies.
Wrinkles on the face are much under
personal control. Knitting the brows
perpetually produces an ugly wrinkle
between the eyebrows. A habit of half
closing the eyes, common to near sighted
pcop'e who do not wear glasses, makes
wrinkles at their outer corners.
If neither vaseline nor pure glycerinc
suits your skin, try mixture of equal
parts of best glycerine and ordinary
camphor in solution.
DR.. William A. Hammond advises the
use of black pepper, mustard, vinegar
and other condiments in the diet of pa
tients suffering from low fevers Of ty-
phoid type and in almost all malarial
disorders.
We are not amphbous animals, as
one might infer from the rersistencv
with which We are urged 10 hathe---.
bathc, bathe. T morning rlung', the
morning sponge and the over may
work mischief as well as good.
The best way to prevent a baby from
chill after bath is to wrap it at o. "oe
in warm cotton sheet or towel placed
on warm blanket
A bit of soft paper is recommended
by an English doctor for dropping medl-
cines into the eye, as being equally as
effective as brushes, glass droppers, etc. 1,
and far less likely to introduce foreign
substances. = Boston Budget.
For burns apply white of egg and
sweet oil, equal parts, beaten together.
You may know the fire is out when the
burned flesh turns rel and quits running
water. When the fire is cut scoich a
linen rag, grease it with mutton tallow,
and bind it on to heal the burn.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
New Mode of identifying Prisoners.


The latest metaod for identifying
prisoners which has been introduced in
to France by NJ. Alphonse BertIllon, and
which is now successfully practlscd, not
only in the chief French prisons, but in
Russia and Japan as well, is the exact
measurement of the prisoner on his ar
rival at the jail. His waist, the length
and width of the head, tho left middle
finger, the left foot, the outstretched
arms, the three other fingers of the left
hanI, the left arm from the elbow to
the wrist, and the length and width of
the ear are measured, and the color of
the eyes and any pcculiarties are noted
down. A photograph is also immediate
ly taken, and by these means the many
mistakes which have been made by
trusting to photographer only, arc avoid
ed. The fact that during the two years
since this mode has been in operation
S2G habitual criminals, who presented
themselves under an assumed name,
have been identified IN France, shows
that NJ. Bcrtillon's method is superior
to any other. 1t is stated that habitual
criminals, particularly Eaglish pick
pockets, are so convinced of the infalli.
bilty of the method, that they will on
no account submit to the measurement,
and offer violent resistance whenever
the attempt is made to measure them.
In such cases we are assured that it is
nearly always sufficient to measure the
inside of the hat and boots. = Amateur
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
A Persian Apology.

A prominent Official ol TaUrcczc, Per-
sia, had an altc:c ,tlon with an English
gentleman, anil repeatedly callcl him Il
liar 10 his c.. The Enylishmnn, who
seemed not to be acquainted with orien-
tai character, sent him note, demand
ing ,ther an apology or that he should
accept challenge to 5ht. Tho Pr
sian was not coward few Per,ians are
poltroons-but the idea of risking his
life because he hal called another man a
liar seemed to him prepostcrous. II
fight" said he; what shall fight for2
| only called HIM a liar, and new he
wants me to fight him. Never was any
thing more absurd "W.l," said the
gentleman who took the note to him,
''hc says you will lave to fight him.
Thcrc is no way of getting out OF it,"
Bat l say wont fight" rtp'icl the
ether. "Tlrn yu mist apolog o."
"Apolog'z,! What docs he m.aa by
apolociz r. "Wny, tax. it all back,
an sly that youarc sorry that you called
him liar; that is what it means" as
that al2' replied the Ptrsan. cot
course I'll apologjz I'll say whatever
he wishes mc to say. lied when
called him liar. l ain liar, the son of
a liar, and the grandson of liars. What
more does he want mt to sayl-[Londo
Figaro.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
RutS.

There arc "ruts" in social and family
matters. In business, in politics, in all
concerns OF life, there are routine courses
in which all the world moves along with
out the trouble of thinking. If the old
ways are good it is all right, and no man
or woman should change for the mere
sake Of changing. II in the old there
IRE obvious imperfcctions, nobody should
maintain the d simply because it is old.
Respect for the past and adherence to
the timc- honored is right. Perfection in
the details of ones own calling is above
al things essential to success. Yet in
the past we should not forget the present.
Neither in our own personal pursuits
stsouldSwe so narrow down our vision
that we know nothing beyond our own
business, and can do nothing outside of
our special calling. Habit is an unavoil-
lble chain. Therefore the band should
DC made flexible. II it be bad 1t should
DC reformed altogether. And even the
good may be sometimes replaced by the
oetter. Everybody is aware that there
ire certain daily things which he does
mechanically, almost unconsciously. He
s running in rut. The science of good
'oad making which immortalzcd Sir
John L. Macadam, is to construct road
without any ruts. This process should
DC mentally applied, and thus, while
ravel is as easy as if run in wel-worn
ut, any necessary deviation may be
made without jarring. - Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
Church Service in Cars.

II we may dine and sleep in saloon and
Lecping cars, why should we not be able
@ 20 to church in chapel carriages?
The ability to do this is a matter of
'ome Importance if you happen to live
n a country where there are great many
aints' days. In Russia, as everybody
lnows. there is a great deal of pictur-
.squc picty, and saints days come
uound very frequently, indeed. Rail
.oad guards and engine drivers, it would
appear, are the most religious class in
Russia: since those employed upon the
Southwestern Railway have lately pc
:itioned the administration that faciI-
ties might be afforded them for attend
ng to their spiritual duties. The re-
quest has been granted, and decree
las just been issued that upon Sundays
md holy days saloon carriage fitted up
Is church of tn: orthodox rite shall be
attached to every train, to the end that
not only may the railroad servants be
enabled to go to church without going
,ff duty, but that the passengers like
wise may have care for their sous
hcalth.-ISt. james Grzcttc.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
Glover, of Silence"

When the hour Of death is at hand
the dying Parsee is carried down to the
cellar, or the lowest room in the house
with what notion l failed to learn.
Afterward the body is borne to great
Lurial tower, there TO be exposed to the
winds OF heaven, the burning sun, the
beating rain anil all the host of foul
carrion birds. Some rich families have
private tower of their own-a sort of
family mausolcum. The public burial
towers, of which there are five, stand
on Malabar hill, in garden of flower
ing shrubs overlookn, tho sea. Here,
amid fragrant bowers of roses and jessa-
mine, stand these towers of silence, as
they are ca!led-shastly rec: :ptacles for
the dead. They are about thirty feet
high and sixty feet wide. On the top
of each is an open grating on which the
bodies are laid in three circles
children in the centre, then the women
and men on the outer edge. 1nnumera-
bic birds of prey forever lowering,
with their sharp hungry cries, round
these towers, CT sitting perched on
them, so!cmnly waiting for the grateful
feast that is never long delaycd-a feast
which daily average three Parsces, be.
sides women and Children, for it is csti-
mated that each day three of these pros
porous, intelligent, wcll-to-do looking
merchants find their last resting place in
the voracious maws Of these ravenous
birds. And when the birds have done
their part, and winds aud sun and rain
have all combined to whtcn the skelc.
ton to thing like polished ivory, gradu-
ally the bones separate and fall through
the open grating into well below the
tower, whence, it is said, they are taken
by subterranean passage and cast into
the sea, and so the space is left clear for
the next corners. Macmirlan's Maga-
zine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
An Empty Nest.

Walked together at early morn;
Tho thrushes up in the clear cold air
Sang to the farmer planting his corn.
And, oh, how sweet was tie fresh-turned
mould
And, oh, how fair were the budding trees !!
For daisy's silver and daffoii's gold
Were full Of the happy honey.bees.
"Ah look! there's an empty nest" she sad {;
"And wonder where sing the last years
birds"
Then the old man quickly raised his head,
Though scarcely he noted her musins
words;
He tore the nest from the swayipg tree,
Ho flung to the winds its moss and hay,
And said. "When an empty nest you see,
Be suro that you throw it far away"
"But whyr she asked, with sorrowing
face
"Why may not the pretty home abide 7"
Because he answered, "'twill be place
In which the worm and the slug will
hide.
Last car twas fair enough in its way
1t was full Of love and merry with song !;
But days that are gone must rot spoil to-
dav,
Nor dead joys do the living joys wrong"
The maiden heard with a thoughtful face
Her first false love had gone far away
And she thought, is my heart become a
Place
For anger and grief and hate to stay,
Down, heart, with thy sad, forsaken nest!
Fling far thy selfish and idle pain;
The lovn that is ours isalways the best;
And she went with smile to her work
again.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
Ant nliiY of UiamOll..

The diam md is mentioned very
antiently in literature. Jupiter, accord
ing to classical mythology. was ANXIOUS
to make men forget tn. days he spent
among them, and finding that one man
Diamond OF Crete -rcmcmb .red him,
turaed him into stone; not Il very cred
ible story OF the origin of the gem, but
men of science in the nineteenth century
are not much nearer to knowing the
truth on the subj ct. The Greeks call
the stone alama', the indomitable or
Interchangeable, and from this has come
down our word adamrntine and, and
after the letters have undergone changes
of n kind that arc not rare in the growth
of a language, our name Of the stone
itself. But, long before the Greeks had
emerged from the darkness of the mythic
age, the diamond was made, among the
Hebrews, the peculiar jewel of the tribe
of Zcbulon; and Aaron's breastplatc,
when he was dressed in his pries,ly
robes, was adorned in the second of the
four rows of its setting with precious
stones-with an emerald, a asapphirc and
a diamond; and jeremiah, when the
Greeks were just beginning to be known,
rebuking the misgo;ngs of his people,
said, "Thc sin of Judah is written with
a pen of iron, and with the point of a
Diamond"
But, although the ancients consid rcd
the diamond indie tructible, and were
capable of trying the most daring expcr-
imcnts with it, no specimen that is
known to have belonged to them has
come down to us. Some persons sup
pose that the Koh-i-nor is five thousand
years old, as mans possession, but no
orc kuows or ctn tr &C its hist ory back
with certainty for more than few cen
turics. Popular Science Monthly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
HUMOROUS.

To be looked up to--Thc fashionable
hat.
The burning question: "Navc you
light"
When a man is entertained by club
he is hit Lard.
Activity in the building trade--Run-
ming up houses.
Gray hair being fashionable, elderly
ladies never say dye.
Jumping at a conc!us;on.-A dos try
ing to catch his own tail.
Young ortis;-Well, Charley, what do
you think l ought TO get for this paint
ins? Charley-Six months.
1t is never too late to mend; hut
man cannot expect TO have a button
sewcd on much after midnight.
"Jones, is Suooper much of a conver-
sationalis,7' much of II conversations
a,ist, Smith. ! should say he is. Why
he is hfe insurance agent"
A magazine las an article on the mys-
tcries Of vegetable life; but it doesn't
tell us how it is that the largest speci-
mems always get on the top Of the
basket.
You are picturing rather a gloomy
future for me, na'lamc," lie said to the
forjuuc-teller. Yes, SIR" she replied;
"out It's the best l can do for half
dollar"
We have the Atlantic Slope, the Pa
c fic s.opc, the GI.f slope, but the Cam
ada slope SENS to b. the most PROM
inent ono before the public just at
present.
The man who was going to bo hung
was r.ther paradoxical when he told tho
hansman that he desired the job done
quickly, as he did not want to be kept
in suspense.
II never change my mind" sail Mrs.
Brown, with srap OF the jaw heard all
over the room. Il wish you would, my
DEAR" said Brown, mildly. st must
be an Improvement"
A lady had some goods sent home,
marked c. 0. D. A little nine-ycar- old
girl cxclaimcl ~ know what C. O.
D. means: Call on dad Which was
singularly near the mark.
Faith i sometimes represented by the
figures of Il drenched female clinying to
SCI washed rock, but better persona
fcation would be baldheadcd man buy.
ing bottle of patent hair restorcr.
They were talking Of the feminine sex,
when Mme B. exclaimed: "You men
are right to accuse US. only know two
perfect women" And who is the
othcr?' inquired her companion, gallant
ly.
Eyes, Mr.. Oldboy," she simpcred, 81
have seen tweEty-sevcn springs. Would
you think It2' "Wel!, yes. mas am. J
don't know but what ] would.' Mr..
Oldhoy said, ''aud guess some Of tllctn
springs must have been very bac<ward."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
Ouite a Relief.

Grocer Auybo ly been in while I was
,ut1
New Boy--Yes; female shop
filter.
"Eh! Wha--what did you do2"
81 tried to call the police, but she
boxed my ears and told me I'd got to
behave"
"rhen what did you do2"
II couldn't do nothing, an she omp-
tied the money-drawer in her pocket"
Great jnks! Didn't she say any
thing morc2'
"Nothin' 'cept she 'spccted you was
drunk again"
"Oh! That's all right. That's my
wife,"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10

They met in Exchange place year
ago this month. Oac had just bought
his wife pair OF diamond earrings, and
the other had been moving into al up
town brown front. They met again on
Sixth avenue yesterday, and the one in.
quircd:
Sly, Green, recommend me pawn
shop. want to spout those diamonds. "
"Ah, has it come to that, old boy!
Say, l can't 10 it. We've just moved
into rooms over this hat store, AMI I'm
not acquainted around here Wall
Street News.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
Tho Bees sting.

Naturalist Clark of Canada says the
bees sting is by no means made for
singing only, but Is used in doing the
artistic cell work, Gaping the comb,
and infusing the formic acid, by means
Of which honey receives its keeping
qualities. The sting is really skilliul.
y contrived little trowel, with which
the bee finishes off and caps the cells
when they are filled brimful of honey.
This explains why honey extracted be-
fore it is capped over does not keep
well. The formic acid has not been in.
iected into it.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10

where was sweeping, and left him to
wrestlc with the pies alone.

where ! was sweeping, and left him to
wrestle with the pies alone.
But after while looked out. mover
see more detected looking picture, or a
more depressed man. His apron had
got twisted to one side and was all
covered with flour. Great dabs of flour
were on both sides of his face and his
whiskcrs were jest drodged. The tears
he had shed hau made water courses
through the dirt and -four, and his ex-
preston, o my! words fail me. He was
jest taking pie out of the oven
and settin' it on the table. He
put the pan of minco meat in chair 10
make room for the next pie, and then
he took that out the liquid from it
dripping all over him and the kitching
floor. And if it wasn't queer looking
pic! The crust had crawled up in a
roundish heap in the middle and the in
side was roaming about everywhere, as
if seeking somebody to devour it. My
pardner stood still Qeaving the oven
door open) and gazed at them. Then
he backed back in sorrowful kind Of
way, and set right square down in his
pan of mincc meat. He had had it on
the stove, and it was bling hot, and he
yelled accordingly, jumping an tearing
around the room like mad. I rushed
out with some dry pants and helped him
on with 'em. The first thing he did
afterward was to take them two pies and
march into the shed. Here he deposited
'em in the swll barrel. Next he went
in and took the two out of the oven and
carried them to tho same appropriate
grave"
"Now," says he, recklessly, "you
may finish the pies, Philura and I'll
mend the fence"
"Who's making these pies, Jeremiah1"
couldn't help saying.
"Throw that in my face, will ye1' he
muttcrcd. In very subdued accents, as
he went out and got his axe.
But never grudged them poor pics,
for never heard any more about the
way his mother used to do things.
Portland Transcript.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
RiinII at Nirht.

Mr.. II. H. Frry, OF Jpncsvilic, VT,
thus relates his experience RAINY years ago,
while on y whaling voyage in the ship
Josephine, OF Sig Irbor: "We were out
three years, from Ot, obcr, 1916, to Sep
tcmbcr, 1912 aud at the close OF the
second year Of the voyage, while just
making the land ct the entrance Of the
port of P,tropaulovski, Krmschatka, as
night came on, found tha. nllhtus n il
was bright moonlight night, l could
see nothing after twilight, and colid sec
no better in a room well lighted with
lamps. We made port the next day, and
after few days in port it passed { ii, hut
on several occasions after cling ut sea
for some time, the same difficulty re
turned, and on the way home, via China
and the Cape Of Good Hope, it came on
about the t.me we rounded the cape and
lasted me home, but passed eff after
about week on shore. My cyesight
was perfect ly day, and my eyes were
always stronc. with not symptom Of
weakness, and I had not slept III the
moonlight, but could sc nothing III the
brightest moonli hit night or in a well
li.htc room unless it was little sense
OF light sidewisc; not a sign Of light ip
front
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
Carnc git and krupp.

Andrew Carnegie ami his partners pay
out more money in wages every month
than Krupp, the cc'ebratcl sunmaker OF
Essen, Germany, dIsblrscs among his
men. Krupp employs 1),O0) men and
Carncgie's various P.ttsburg mills are op-
Grated by 60OO men. The difference in
tie aggregate of salaries is the difference
between American anI L TopeIn pay.
The monthly payroll of the P.ttsburg
ironmaster is over half million dollars.
The plant owned by the Carnegic's cover
200 acres of grounl. Upoa this there
are laid and maintained thirty five miles
of tracks. and the firm owns twenty-tw
locomot ves.-[Pit;sburs Commercial.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
Striving.



A few companions with me went,
Some fe behind, some forward stredc,
But all on one high urpcss b'nt;
To live for nature finding truth
In beauty AMI the ch ines of art:
To con ,ecrate our joyous youth
To aims outside the common mart.
turned aside and fingered len,
To rluck aIoSe, to hcar BIRD,
10 muse while steniny 10 the song
OF brooks through leaf, covers ueard;
To live in thou chs hat brou hit no fame
Or guerdon from tie thought IS crowd
To toi for ends that coud not clam
The world applause coarse and loud.
But S ILL., though oft I bind my shenf,
In fields my comrades have not KNOWN
Though art is long and lifc is brief,
And youth has now forever flown;
won not 10 Q the raptureS sweet
Nor scorn the toll of earlier year.;
Still would cl NIB with eager feet,
Thou. ii tower ng height on height appears
--Crancis Arie! and Catitaa.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
Driven to Ii.

Tommy was taken very sick. His
mother discovered that he had been eat.
ng too much preserved stuff, and while
awaiting the doctors visit, implore6
him to tell her the cause of it.
Mother he said, finally. Mother,
Name Duffy rejected me suit, and"
(hoarsely) at drove me to jam"--ITid.
Bits,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
Mnuldn't Care.

Tcnder-hear,cd young laiy-Oh, You
cruel, hcartIcss little wretch, to rob
those poor birds of their cggsl
Wicked little boy-Oal That's the
Old one 'at you've got on yer bonnet.
Guess she won't care.--lForest aud
Stream.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
PRICE THREE CENTS.

fire. The shells were broken with small
sto es and the delicious morsels were
turned out stcamng, white, and savory
enough to tempt an epicure. -[San
Francisco Call.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-10
THE LONDONDERRY SITTER.

@-Entered at tae Post-offoe at South
Londonderry, rs sccond.class matter,
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-11

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
~ Ramsey-ss. In Probate Court. Special
Term, May 49, 1887.
In the matter of the estate of John Krinke
On reading and filing the petition of Charles
MCGEE, of the City of ST. Paul,
County of Ramsey, State of Mime
sofa, representing, among other things,
that John Krinke, late of st. Paul, Ramsey
county Minnesota, on the 18th day of April,
A. D., 1887. ut st. Paul. Ramsey county,
Minnesota, died interstate, and, being q resi-
dent of this county at the time of his death,
leaving goods, chattels and estate within
this. county, and that the said petit
toner is interested in the estate of said de-
ceased, and praying that administration of
said estate be to John NJ. Mcclellan or some
other suitable person granted.
1t is ordered that said petition be heard be-
fore the judge of this court on Monday, the
18th day of June, A D., 1897 at 10 O'Clock
a. M, at the Probate Court III ST. Paul. in said
county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be
given to the heirs of SAID deceased, and to oil
persons interested, by publishing copy Of
this order for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing, in the
st. Paul DAILY GLOBE, newspaper printed
and published at the city of st. Paul, in said
Qbunty. BY the Court
[L.s.] E. s. GORMAN, Judge Of Probate.
Attest:
FRANK ROBERT, Jr, Clerk.
!, r. A. WALSH, Attorney for Petitioner.
-, Way21-4W-sat
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-11
ORDINANCE No. ISL.

ORDINANCE No. ISL.
An Ordinance Directing the Drawing of
an Order Upon the City Treasurer in
Favor of Caroline Fret for Four Hun
dred (S400) Dollars for the Purposes
Therein Stated.
The Common Council of the city of St.
Paul do Ordain as follows:
SECTION L. That an order be drawn
upon the City Treasury in favor of Caro-
line Fret for the sum of four hundred
$500 dollars in full compensation and
satisfaction for all damages to property
destroyed or damaged by reason of over
flow and flooding thereof, and for servi-
ces performed by reason of such flood
ing during the spring of 1887, pursuant
to report of the committee to whom the
same was referred, of date June z, 1887.
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after it's
passage.
Yeas-Ald. Conley, Dowlan, O'Con-
ner, Petsch, Cullen, Ryan, Weber,
Kenny, Kahn, Hamm, Bryant, Minea,
Long, MI. President-14.
Passed June z, 1887.
G. d. KERR, President of Council.
Approved June 8, 1887.
ROBERT A. SMITH, Mayor.
Attest:
THos. A. PRENDERGAsT, City Clerk.
June IL